The Biomedical Library is pleased to offer encore presentations of the following two introductory bioinformatics workshops, conducted by our Bioinformatics Intern, Subin George: Introduction to BioCyc Come learn to work with BioCyc: a collection […]
Featured Resource: Point of Care Tools: Dynamed Plus & UpToDate
Dynamed Plus and UpToDate are clinical reference tools that health care professionals use to answer their clinical questions. Both tools synthesize information based on published clinical evidence. Content is written by physicians […]
3D prints of the week: laryngoscope covers to protect the airway during intubations
Faculty at the department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are experimenting with designing laryngoscope blade covers. The covers […]
The Biomedical Library celebrates LGBTQ Pride Month
In celebration of LGBTQ Pride month, the Biomedical Library has pulled together a selection of its current LGBTQ-related health and medicine books. The display is located on the wall by the Information […]
Featured resource: Birds of North America, includes bird sounds, images, and video
Birds of North America (BNA) is the most comprehensive reference for the life histories of over 760 bird species that breed in the United States and Canada. Species accounts are written by […]
3D print of the week: phantom for CT imaging
This week’s print features an imaging phantom used in computed tomography (CT), printed for Penn’s Nanomedicine and Molecular Imaging Lab. The phantom will hold a set of tubes containing solutions of various […]
Featured resource: Scopus, a multidisciplinary literature database, useful for citation tracking and more
Scopus is a comprehensive database covering scientific, technical, medical, and social science research literature dating back to the mid-1800s. Scopus is updated daily with new articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, and patent […]
3D print of the week: virtual reality headset
This week’s featured 3D print is a VR headset used to create a VR videogame. Maggie Prendergast, Bioengineering PhD Student at Penn, mentored a middle school student as part of the Spark […]
Featured Resource: The Cochrane Library, high-quality evidence for your clinical decision-making
The Cochrane Library is known for its high quality systematic reviews and other synthesized research evidence in healthcare. It’s a powerful tool for healthcare professionals, researchers or funders to make well informed […]
3D print of the week: larynx for dental surgery visualization
Realistic surgical phantoms are often necessary for surgical training. To that end, graduate students at Penn Dental Medicine printed a model of the larynx to be used for dental surgery visualization to […]
